Diversified U.S. manufacturer Honeywell International Inc reported a 38 percent drop in earnings that matched Wall Street's forecasts and cut its full-year profit forecast to the bottom of its prior range.

The world's largest maker of cockpit electronics, which is facing a coordinated downturn in its core aviation and construction markets, said on Monday it expects no economic recovery this year.

Honeywell now looks for full-year earnings of $2.85 per share, at the low end of its prior forecast of $2.85 to $3.20. It cut its revenue forecast to $31.5 billion, below its prior range of $32.3 billion to $33.2 billion.

Economic conditions ... remain challenging and we are not planning for any recovery in 2009, said Chairman and Chief Executive Dave Cote, in a statement.

Honeywell, which also makes systems to manage the temperature and security of large buildings, said second-quarter income came to $450 million, or 60 cents per diluted share, compared with $723 million, or 96 cents per diluted share, a year earlier.

Revenue at the Morris Township, New Jersey-based company fell 22 percent to $7.57 billion.

Analysts, on average, had looked for earnings of 60 cents per share on revenue of $7.68 billion, according to Reuters Estimates.

For the year, Wall Street had looked for profit of $2.83 per share.

So far this year, Honeywell shares are up 3.5 percent, while the Standard & Poor's capital goods industry group <.GSPIC> is down 3.4 percent.

Its competitors include United Technologies Corp in aerospace and building control systems, Goodrich Corp in aviation and DuPont Co in specialty materials.

(Reporting by Scott Malone; Editing by Derek Caney and Gerald E. McCormick)

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